Kathmandu / Jan 25: Nepal has slightly improved its position in the Corruption Perception Index, but still continues to lag behind in the list of world’s most corrupted countries. Nepal has been ranked 131st in the list of the CPI-2016 published today by the Transparency International Nepal (TIN) with the country getting 29 points out […]
Kathmandu / Jan 24: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said the bereaved families of migrant workers, who would lose their life during the foreign employment, would be provided with up to Rs 2.7 million as temporary life insurance. Earlier, victims’ families used to receive Rs 1.8 million only. In a press conference on Tuesday, PM […]
Kiran Bhattarai, Kalikot / Jan 24: With the works on opening the track of the Karnali Corridor Highway gearing up, hopes have risen that one of the remotest corners of the country – Humla district in the far northwest – would get connected to the national road network. The opening of track of the 196 […]
Kathmandu / Jan 24: The government has asked the stakeholders to complete all the under-construction hydropower projects before their deadline in order to increase internal production and end load-shedding across Nepal. In its 37-point action plan, the Ministry of Energy has further said it aims at producing an additional 200 MW electricity within this fiscal […]
Kathmandu / Jan 23: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal held a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhi Prasad Yadav and discussed the issues related to fresh elections in local bodies on Monday. On the occasion, the Prime Minister asked the Chief Election Commissioner to make necessary preparations for the elections, saying he was taking an […]
Kathmandu / Jan 23: The World Bank has agreed to provide loan assistance worth Rs 16.371 billion to Nepal to support in digitalization of civil registration records under the Strengthening Systems for Social Protection and Civil Registration. An agreement was signed to this effect between Dr Shantaraj Subedi, Secretary at the Ministry of Finance (MoF), […]
Kathmandu / Jan 23: The Environmental Development and Conservation Law Forum has filed a writ petition at Supreme Court demanding the rights to life in a salubrious environment as guaranteed by the constitution. Forum Chairman advocate Padam Bahadur Shrestha filed the petition reasoning that the government and the stakeholders ignored the conservation of clean environment […]
Kathmandu / Jan 22: The Nature-Human Centric People’s Movement is going to organise the ‘Seventh People’s SAARC Summit’ in Kathmandu from January 24. In the two-day Summit, some 200 representatives from Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives would discuss the environmental impacts seen due to climate change. Nepal Chapter Chairperson of the […]
Kathmandu / Jan 22: A garden called the National Flag Garden is to be constructed on the bank of the Bagmati river at local Jorpati. A campaign to construct the garden at Sugam Nagar of Gokarneshwar Municipality-13 was started on January 11 coinciding with the 295th birth anniversary of the late king Prithvi Narayan Shah, […]
Solukhumbu / Jan 22: The absence of flight announcement facility at the busy Tenzin-Hillary Airport in Lukla has created problem for the passengers boarding the aircrafts. The passengers waiting at the terminal for flights are facing difficulties in identifying their aircraft and the time of departure. During the peak tourist season, the airport witnesses around […]
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